The degree to which age influenced entheseal changes was dependent on characteristic physical activities associated with an individual's class and occupation. This indicated that physical activities and lifestyle, along with age, were major factors that contributed to entheseal changes. Based on these results, it was concluded that entheseal changes could serve as a useful tool in the reconstruction of physical activities of past populations.

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（平成 23 年 9 月 22 日受付，平成 24 年 7 月 9 日受理） キーワード：筋骨格ストレスマーカー，生業・生活様式，活動パターン，吉母浜漁撈民，江戸時代武士The usefulness and methodological validity of the study of musculoskeletal stress markers for the reconstruction of past human activities and life-styles

The complex interaction of evolutionary forces and development/nutritional constraints are implicated in the mismatch of limb and body proportions.